Manchester City and Chelsea are set to face competition from Barcelona for Palmeiras sensation Estevao Willian, who is also known as "little Messi".Messinho, who turned 16 in April, is the club's next exciting talent after Endrick, who will join Real Madrid when he reaches 18 in 2024.Like Endrick, Messinho will not be able to move to Europe until the age of 18, but he is already being tracked by a

Manchester United are eyeing Bologna striker Joshua Zirkzee.The young centre-forward has hit a rich vein of form in recent weeks and being celebrated in Italy.Sport1 says United are now planning an approach to Bologna for the Dutchman.Zirkzee has scored 10 times in 37 appearances for Bologna. He left Bayern Munich last year for the Serie A club.Bayern have a £19m buy-back option on him and a

Sir Jim Ratcliffe's purchase of a 25 per cent shareholding in Manchester United has been announced.Ratcliffe is paying just over £1bn for the stake.His Ineos Group will take control of football operations.The 71-year-old will also make £235m available for future investment in Old Trafford.In a statement, Ratcliffe said: "Whilst the commercial success of the club has ensured there have al

Manchester United defender Raphael Varane is open to returning to Real Madrid next month.Varane has been linked with Real after they lost David Alaba to an ACL injury last week.And AS says the Frenchman is open to a deal.Varane is off contract at United in June and would be willing to leave in January for a return to Madrid.He still has a house in Madrid and would also be prepared to accept a heft

Kepa Arrizabalaga's return to Spain could face an abrupt end, as reports suggest Real Madrid are unlikely to sign the goalkeeper on a permanent basis.WHAT HAPPENED?The Spanish international arrived on loan from Chelsea as an emergency replacement for Thibaut Courtois when the Belgian suffered a serious knee injury in August. But after an injury of his own, Kepa has found himself fighting for the s

Barca set to miss out on signing 'Little Messi'Barcelona could miss out on signing 'Little Lionel Messi' Estevao Willian as top European clubs like Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain line up to sign the Brazilian wonderkid, according to Mundo Desportivo.The teenager, who recently made his senior debut for Palmeiras in the club's final game of the season, is likely

Philippe Clement was facing the possibility of more injury woes after Connor Goldson pulled up in Rangers’ 2-0 win over Motherwell at Fir Park.The boss was without Nico Raskin, Tom Lawrence, Ryan Jack, Borna Barisic, Ben Davies, John Lundstram, Kemar Roofe, Jose Cifuentes and Danilo for the trip to Lanarkshire.Early goals from Kieran Dowell and Todd Cantwell took the Light Blues to within tw

Chelsea slumped to a third defeat in four Premier League games as second-half goals from Mario Lemina and Matt Doherty earned Wolves a deserved 2-1 victory at Molineux.Lemina headed in unmarked from Pablo Sarabia’s corner early in the second period, just reward after Gary O’Neil’s side had weathered early pressure and the hosts had spurned a host of chances, most glaringly from R

Rangers beat Motherwell 2-0 at a wet and wild Fir Park and return to chasing the heels of cinch Premiership leaders Celtic.Kieran Dowell started and finished the move for the opening goal in the fourth minute before fellow midfielder Todd Cantwell fired in a second after 16 minutes of a first half which should have brought more goals, but in a wind-affected encounter the early brace proved enough.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was bemused as to why his side did not get a penalty for Martin Odegaard’s handball in the first half of their 1-1 draw with Arsenal at Anfield.VAR ruled referee Chris Kavanagh had not made a clear and obvious error in not penalising the Gunners captain after his low hand prevented Mohamed Salah getting past him.Klopp disagreed, telling BBC Sport: “The pe